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River Forecast
NWS Ohio River Forecast Center, Wilmington OH
955 PM EDT Sat Sep 19 2026

This is a NWS guidance product from the Ohio River Forecast Center.
Public forecasts and warnings are issued only by local NWS offices.
Statistical uncertainties can be viewed from our ensemble pages at:
http://weather.gov/erh/mmefs


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: Scioto River - La Rue, OH - CLE
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: Action Stage         8.0 ft
: Flood Stage          12.0 ft
: Moderate Flood Stage 13.0 ft
: Major Flood Stage    14.0 ft
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:Latest Observed Value - 8.2 FT at 900 PM EDT on Sep 19
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:Crest near 10.0 FT around 8PM EDT on Mon, Sep 21
.ER LARO1 20260920 Z DC202609200155/DH06/HGIFFZZ/DIH6
:STAGE FCST       /   12Z /   18Z /   00Z /   06Z
.E1    : 0919 :                           /   7.7
.E2    : 0920 :   /   7.3 /   7.6 /   8.2 /   8.9
.E3    : 0921 :   /   9.5 /   9.8 /  10.0 /  10.0
.E4    : 0922 :   /   9.8 /   9.1 /   8.5 /   8.0
.E5    : 0923 :   /   7.5 /   7.0 /   6.5 /   6.0
.E6    : 0924 :   /   5.6 /   5.3 /   4.9
: Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep
:   0.14/ 0.54/ 0.39/ 0.09/ 0.08/ 0.09/ 0.14/ 0.03/
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: Olentangy River - Worthington, OH - ILN
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: Action Stage         8.0 ft
: Flood Stage          11.0 ft
: Moderate Flood Stage 13.0 ft
: Major Flood Stage    16.0 ft
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:Latest Observed Value - 2.2 FT at 930 PM EDT on Sep 19
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.ER WRTO1 20260920 Z DC202609200155/DH06/HGIFFZZ/DIH6
:STAGE FCST       /   12Z /   18Z /   00Z /   06Z
.E1    : 0919 :                           /   2.2
.E2    : 0920 :   /   2.3 /   2.6 /   2.9 /   3.0
.E3    : 0921 :   /   3.0 /   3.0 /   3.0 /   3.0
.E4    : 0922 :   /   2.9 /   2.8 /   2.7 /   2.6
.E5    : 0923 :   /   2.5 /   2.5 /   2.4 /   2.4
.E6    : 0924 :   /   2.4 /   2.3 /   2.3
: Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep
:   0.12/ 0.49/ 0.33/ 0.05/ 0.11/ 0.16/ 0.11/ 0.03/
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: Scioto River - Columbus, OH - ILN
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: Action Stage         16.0 ft
: Flood Stage          24.0 ft
: Moderate Flood Stage 25.0 ft
: Major Flood Stage    27.0 ft
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:Latest Observed Value - 9.2 FT at 845 PM EDT on Sep 19
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.ER COLO1 20260920 Z DC202609200155/DH06/HGIFFZZ/DIH6
:STAGE FCST       /   12Z /   18Z /   00Z /   06Z
.E1    : 0919 :                           /   9.5
.E2    : 0920 :   /   9.7 /  10.0 /  10.3 /  10.7
.E3    : 0921 :   /  10.9 /  10.8 /  10.6 /  10.6
.E4    : 0922 :   /  10.6 /  10.8 /  11.0 /  11.0
.E5    : 0923 :   /  10.8 /  10.7 /  10.7 /  10.6
.E6    : 0924 :   /  10.4 /  10.1 /   9.8
: Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep
:   0.09/ 0.50/ 0.36/ 0.05/ 0.16/ 0.32/ 0.12/ 0.00/
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: Scioto River - Piketon, OH - ILN
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: Action Stage         17.0 ft
: Flood Stage          20.0 ft
: Moderate Flood Stage 24.0 ft
: Major Flood Stage    36.0 ft
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:Latest Observed Value - 5.5 FT at 900 PM EDT on Sep 19
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.ER PKTO1 20260920 Z DC202609200155/DH06/HGIFFZZ/DIH6
:STAGE FCST       /   12Z /   18Z /   00Z /   06Z
.E1    : 0919 :                           /   5.0
.E2    : 0920 :   /   4.6 /   5.2 /   6.7 /   7.9
.E3    : 0921 :   /   8.4 /   9.2 /  10.2 /  10.7
.E4    : 0922 :   /  11.5 /  12.0 /  11.8 /  11.4
.E5    : 0923 :   /  10.9 /  10.3 /   9.6 /   9.1
.E6    : 0924 :   /   8.7 /   8.0 /   7.5
: Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep
:   0.04/ 0.39/ 0.06/ 0.08/ 0.07/ 0.16/ 0.07/ 0.00/
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